Further to the social care worker Covid-19 vaccine toolkit which was published by Public Health Scotland on Friday 4 December. They have also released a Covid-19 vaccine toolkit for care homes.
These resources are provided to help you promote the COVID-19 vaccination programme and can be found on the link below:
https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/downloads/care-home-covid-19-resources/
The Scottish Government has published Covid-19 guidance for care homes on Christmas and New Year on Friday 4 December.
This guidance can be accessed here.
Public Health Scotland has published a toolkit on the Covid-19 vaccine for social care workers, this can be accessed on: https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/downloads/social-care-worker-covid-19-resources
These resources are provided to help you promote the COVID-19 vaccination programme to care home and social care staff. The Outlook email template will include your email signature if you have this turned on by default. Care home and social care employers can request additional copies of these resources by emailing: [email protected].
We are hosting a Legal Resources Digital Panel Webinar on Friday 11 December at 11:30 AM – 12:45 PM. This session will be hosted by Dr Donald Macaskill, who will be joined by our Legal Resources Select Group which includes five of the very best law firms in Scotland chosen for their experience and understanding of the social care sector).
We have gathered all your feedback from our recent Legal Survey and shared with the Scottish Care Legal Select group. They will bring their best and brightest specialists on the areas that members have highlighted to the Legal Panel. Each of the five law firms will have a specialist to speak to your concerns based on the results of this survey. They will also answer your legal questions in real-time in the webinar.
For more information on the Scottish Care Legal Resources Select Group please go to our website:Â https://scottishcare.org/legal-resources-select/Â Â
The surgery is strictly for members only, details to join can be found on the Members Area of this website.
If you have any issues accessing the Members Area or this surgery session, please contact [email protected].
Please see below for a letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport, Jeane Freeman, to social care employers relating to both the coronavirus job retention scheme and to any workers who were not placed on this March – October 2020, but who were eligible for health reasons.
Extension of UK Government Job Retention Scheme (JRS)
IRISS would like to invite people who access social services and who may have also participated in a Near Me call to join a reference group. The group will contribute to the generation of evidence, learning and guidance produced by this project, along with an invitation to join in with the Near Me Learning Network.
The reference group will run from December to March 2021, involving about two hours of time a month to meet online, read and comment on project documents, and share views on using Near Me as a platform.https://www.iriss.org.uk/news/news/2020/11/19/join-near-me-reference-group
If you are interested in joining the group, please email Louise Bowen ([email protected]) by Monday, 7 December.
Big Health, the company behind evidence based digital therapeutics, Sleepio and Daylight will be hosting a webinar for Scottish Care on the 2nd December at 11am.
Sleepio and Daylight have been available to all Health and Care staff in Scotland since May 2020 to help our key workers learn proven CBT techniques to help with any worry or sleepless nights they may be experiencing.
Please join us to hear Dr Dimitri Gavriloff (clinical psychologist and sleep medicine specialist) and Dr Richard Stott (clinical psychologist and anxiety specialist) explain more about Sleepio and Daylight, how you can access the programmes and what benefits you may see.
Webinar Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86210354207
Webinar ID: 862 1035 4207
Scotland is currently putting plans in place to deliver a programme of COVID-19 vaccination, when a vaccine becomes available. The Scottish Government’s Flu Vaccination and COVID Vaccination Programme (FVCV) is overseeing national planning, and working with all local health boards, to get ready to deliver what will be Scotland’s most ambitious (and most anticipated) mass vaccination programme.
This is first of a number of newsletters from the Scottish Government to update you on the work that is underway.
SG FVCV Programme - issue 1 update
We have received the following letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport today (30 November). The letter details the intent to give social care staff a one-off bonus payment in recognition of their dedication and hard work during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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NHS Lothian has created a video on Covid-19 Infection Prevention and Control & PPE Guidance for care at home settings. You could view the video below or access it via this link https://vimeo.com/484013330/1cc48e242b
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